Hello miraculers, I have decided to write this fanfic, hopefully my updates will be frequent
I have had this idea for a bit
I do not own ladybug, Hawkdaddy [AKA Thomas Astruc] does
I do not own the image I used for the cover, the art is made by the wonderful peachbunni on tumblr
Adrien was not paying attention in class, neither was anyone else in the classroom to be honest, he had actually been playing hangman with Nino, writing the letters and circling them so they didn't have to speak, biology wasn't their favorite subject.
He had drawn seven spaces for letters, Nino was currently trying to find out what the word could be, soon enough he smiled writing in the spaces what he was sure was the answer "Ladybug", Nino smirked at his friend, he knew how Adrien had a "celebrity crush" in the heroine, or at least that was what he thought, he didn't know what Adrien felt was much more than a celebrity crush.
While Nino made 9 new spaces for a new hangman Adrien started thinking about his lady, her hair so black that it seemed blue (If that made sense), her blue shining eyes, he had never seen eyes so bright, her cunning ways and wit, her confidence, the way she teased him, she was just so beautiful, this thoughts earned a small sigh of him, loud enough though for Nino to hear him who raised an eyebrow at him, Adrien dismissed it with a wave of his hand and Nino shrugged turning the paper to Adrien for him to decipher the new word.
When the bell finally rang people rushed to take their things and head for the door, Nino told him he had promised Alya to share a bit of information he had found about the last akuma battle of ladybug and Chat Noir so he left with her, Adrien waved goodbye at them and left the classroom after everyone else
He was walking near the front gate when he glimpsed a blur of the bluenette that sat behind him in class, Marinette had her sketchbook and her pencil darted around the page with quick but calculated movements, her eyes concentrating on the page, sometimes stopping her hand to think and quickly regaining movement, a smile softening her features at times, this made Adrien gaze, he was impressed, he had always been impressed when he found her doing anything related to her passions, she seemed so confident at those moments unlike when he talked to her, it was a side of her that was so rare for him to see but that he enjoyed so much when he did, he couldn't help smiling at the girl that was currently distracted in her own world.
He thought about sitting with her, maybe he could see what she was sketching, she was pretty good at designing and that time he had seen her sketchbook before made him know for sure she was going to win that contest with the bowler hat, he started walking to her, he was hoping he didn't make her feel uncomfortable, Marinette was really shy after all, when he had reached the bench she was so absorted in what she was doing she hadn't acknowledged his presence, he decided to take this to his advantage for a moment, a smile growing on his face at how absorbed she was to not even notice he was now sitting right next to her.
He looked at her sketch pad, he stared at the page and her moving hand in admiration, she was sketching a black coat, buttons in pairs of two by the right side and a belt to adjust it, it was long and was followed by a series of skirts, he assumed she was trying to see what kind of skirt would fit better, she seemed to settle for one that went barely above the knees, she then wrote the word "red" by the side of it two arrows coming out from the circled word and pointing now to both the skirt and the buttons of the coat, she continued with different details and he was lost in thought, Marinette was really creative, described like this the design seemed simple but it wasn't, Adrien was also proud of saying he had an eye for this things, being a model and Gabriel Agreste's son, what Marinette did felt so natural it could be magic.
"It's amazing" he couldn't hold the thought coming out from his mouth, breaking Marinette's train of thought as she jumped surprised
"A-Adrien?" She turned to look at him, eyes open wide and cheeks the brightest of reds "H-how long h-had you b-been here?" She stuttered, he bit the inside of his cheek, he should have stayed quiet for at least a little longer, but at least now he could tell her how good he thought she was
"Well" He rubbed the back of his head smiling "I actually have been here for a bit, sorry, you were so concentrated in what you were doing I didn't want to disrupt you"
She blushed even more and hurriedly started "Sorry! I-I didn't notice! Not that I don't pay attention to you, I n-no I mean!, um, I'm sorry I didn't notice u-uh"
Adrien smiled waving his hand dismissively, the change on the girl was impressive, it also made him a bit sad though, he didn't see her so nervous around Alya or Nino, now that he thought about it he didn't see her this nervous when she was talking to other people, this made him frown internally, did he make her that uncomfortable? Did he intimidate her? No, that didn't seem right, he had seen her interact with people that could easily be more intimidating than him, but then why? He started thinking, everyone else seemed to know a Marinette he hadn't met
"No, it's alright, I saw you drawing and was wondering what you could be designing, I must say it looks awesome! I really like it, you are really creative Marinette, I never know what to expect" He smiled at her and saw her eyes widen a bit, she seemed happy by the compliment and he gave himself a mental pat on his back
"W-well, t-thank you, i-it makes me glad you think so!" Before he could say anything else the bell rang
"We should go to class now" He stood up and waited for her to take her things, when she did, she looked at him strangely and he motioned for her to walk with him, her eyes widened a bit before she fell into a walk with him to the classroom, he smiled as they walked, he hoped he could get to know Marinette better, she was such a nice person
